The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-22

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Fraud Telling the Negroes They Can
Each Get Several Hundred Dollars
From the Government An Able
vile Physician Poisoned by Drug
Clerk - Gen Toombs' Monument
Shipped FIR ON italy.
GEORGIA.
A barrel factory is among the probabili-
ties at Albany.
The Baptist Reporter, published at FIX
celsor, has been greatly improved.
AT Augusta j. b. White has purchased
a controlling interest in the Planters Loan
and Savings bank.
At Palmetto, Tuesday, the store of d. II.
Freeman was closed by the foreclosure of a
mortgage on his stock in favor of G. Penn
& Co.
j. B. Ship & Co., who moved to Ameri-
Gus about year ago, have sold out, and
will move to CuSseta, Chattahoochee coun-
", as soon as they can close up their affairs
in Americas.
The Central railroad provided Bishop
McTyeire special coach at Macon last
Tuesday evening, attached to a through
freight, by which means he reached Ten
Mile at $ O'Clock instead of midnight.
AT Fort Valley, Tuesday, fiftY-one dele
gates, representing seventeen counties, met
to organize Farmers State Alliance,
About thirty visitors from different parts
OF the State were in attendance. There are
about 125 sub-allances in the State, with
about 5000 members.
The Tribune of Rome has mailed letter
addressed to itself TO 60 round the world. 1t
contains communications for the press of
London, Paris, Cairo, Canton, and San
Francisco. As the postal laws prevent let
ters from being sent on roundabout trips of
this kind the epiStle from Rome may not
get very far.
Americas Recorder: There seems 20 be
a large supply of j. O. A. Methodist preach
ers in this State, and Americas seems de-
termined TO try every one of them. We
have had j. o. A Cook. j. O. A. Clarke
and now we have J. o. A Branch. Well,
they all seem to be good ones, and we can
therefore stand the alphabetical repetition.
On Sunday morning last Dr. Maynard, of
Abteville, was feeling bad and asked his
clerk TO go down to his drug store and bring
him 10 some salts. But instead of bringing
salts hs made mistake. The Doctor mixed
up a dose and swallowed it, when, immedi-
ately after, to his horror, he discovered it
was acid. His throat was burned badly,
and the skin peeled from his mouth and
throat as the acid was swallowed. He went
to Americas Sunday night, and is now UNI
der treatment
Inc 0lule IndTIldCtullCdl IsAduillAiles
Board met at Atlanta Tuesday. There
were present Thee. Schumann, Atlanta;
John Go 2dwin, Macon; II. r. Slack, La
Grange; $. c. Durham, Augusta. One
place is still vacant, and to be filled by the
Governor The member; were sworn in
and organized by electing DR.. Schumann
President and Slack Secretary and Treas
urer. Dr. F. J. Moses, of Augusta, and
DR.. Blanchard, Of Worthens, were exam
lued and licensed as pharmacists
A man is going through the country
representing himself to the negroes to be
member OF the United States army, and
telling them that they are entitled to so
much money out of the Treasury. He passed
through Americas a day or two ago. His
plan Is 10 give check to young negro
Tor, say, 500, if the negro will give him SS.
For an old man he asks 81 for about 800.
Two of these checks were presented at the
Peoples National Bank at Americas Mon
day by an old negro from Macon county.
The Augusta Chronicle suggests that
there should be held, at an early day,
a convention of the people who live in the
Savannah valley The Chronicle says
every portion of the Savannah valley will
be asked TO be represented for everybody
interested in property within twenty-five
miles, on either side of the river from
its mouth to its source, will be bene-
fitted by its Improvement. Concerted
action must have its effect.
Proper representation to the Congress, by
the thousands OF people who own the many
millions worth of property on the river,
will bring recognition of the justice of the
request for a handsome appropriation.
Congressman Barnes in this way, will be
greatly strengt hened. particularly by the
delegations in the two Houses from Georgia
and South Carolina and he will continue
his efforts in behalf of the river, with every
hope of unqualified success.
An interesting case came to an abrupt
conclusion in the Circuit Court of the
United States at Atlanta Tuesday. Ross A.
Bagley and w. W. Landers, of Forsyth
county, were jointly indicted for using the
United States mails for purposes of fraud.
Landers, in an affidavit before United States
Commissioner Win Haight, had disclosed
their whole plan of operations The men
had rented store, and had cards and bill
heads printed. They would write letters to
leading seed M IL, stating that they had
sent by mail an order for Seeds with money,
and were surprised at not hearing from
them. As the money was sent at the seed
dealers risk, they did not think that the
loss should be theirs, but if the seed men
would send one half of the seed
ordered they would be satisfied. The
truth of the matter was that they sent
neither order or money. Bagley was rep
resented by c. T. Iadson. United States
District Attorney b. H. Hill had numerous
letters from leading seed dealers, substan-
tiating the statement of Landers. On the
trial, Tuesday, however, Landers fatty re-
fused to make any Statement, as it would
eliminate himself, and the District Attor-
ney was compelled therefore, to allow
verdict of not guilty to be taken as to Bag
ley Landers was at once arrested (he
being out on bond and in default of 81 600
bond. was committed to Fulton county jail
At the next term of the Circuit Court all
the seed dealers in the United States who
had correspondence with the firm of Bagley
q Co., viii be ia attendance as witnesses.
The reported murder of Murdoch Bryan
by his father-in-law, Joshua Coffee, in Dodge
county, Monday, calls to mind some earlier
incidents in the career of this remarkable
family. Possibly few people are aware that
there were two Gems. Coffee. The more
famous was Andrew Jackson's right arm in
the wars with the Southern Indians. The
other lived in old Telfair or some of the
other of the great counties in that section
Of Georgia, when there were only ninety
counties in the State. This Gen. John COT
Zee was a big man in his day. He was
Unionist when the parties were Union and
States Rights AT the Congressional
election in 1886 Gen. John Coffee
was the Unionist candidate from
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